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Then, News12 Brooklyn has Residents push to bring DNC to Barclays Center, which cites the the Mayor's Office and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, then another Philip Kellogg, director of the Fulton Area Business Alliance, who says, "We see a great opportunity for the small businesses,"

None of the above actually reflect the headline, but then two apparent passers-by, from Park Slope, say they support the convention because--to truncate--"There's a lot of wonderful things happening in Brooklyn," and "I'm sort of an ardent Democrat."